The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert
Chapter 175 - 172: Arriving in Beijing

Chapter 175: Chapter 172: Arriving in Beijing

Looking at Tang Yuan’s tightly furrowed brows, Ling Chen suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Old Tang, what’s wrong?"

"There’s been an incident." Tang Yuan put down the satellite phone, his face grim, "Recently, we relocated all the research staff from the research institute along with their families to Beijing, but I just received news that one of the more than ten researchers has been missing for two to three days, whereabouts unknown."

"What about his family?"

"The General had people go to look for them, but it was too late, his family has disappeared too. Their residence was under protection, they couldn’t have escaped without inside help."

Ling Chen nodded, "Initially, Wanqing suspected that there was a mole in the research institute, but we never identified any suspicious individuals. Now that the research institute is under military control, once the exoskeleton armor falls into military hands, they will never obtain the critical technology of the armor. Their actions now, I’m afraid, are desperate."

"I don’t understand, if there’s a mole in the research institute, why didn’t that person just reveal the location to those people before the military got involved, instead of waiting until now?"

"You think Nanrong Wanqing lacks brains? When she learned about the importance of the exoskeleton armor, she immediately relocated the research institute. Not just the researchers, but other staff too—only designated vehicles were assigned to pick up and drop them at specified locations, and except for Qin Lan who was responsible, no one knew the exact location of the institute."

"So that’s how it is." Tang Yuan finally resolved the confusion in his mind, "I didn’t expect she had some capabilities."

"Nonsense, could she become the chairman of Hongyu Group without any capabilities? Now, what should we do?"

"Per the original plan, we were to land at the military airport outside of Beijing, but now we need to change the plan."

"Why do we need to change?" asked Ling Chen, puzzled.

"That I’ll explain later, the General is still analyzing the intelligence, he’ll inform us if there’s any change."

Ling Chen scratched his head in frustration, originally hoping for a smooth ride, but now faced with this situation, it was truly troublesome. As he pondered, his gaze shifted towards the cargo hold.

Inside the cargo hold, a rectangular box secured with ropes stood fastened. The box, made from an alloy, was incredibly sturdy—no matter the impact, it would ensure the exoskeleton armor inside remained undamaged. Moreover, the box had three-layer encryption. It required the passwords entered sequentially by Tang Yuan, Han Bing, and Qiao Zhen to be opened, the protection was very thorough.

From East Sea City to Beijing, it was a one-and-a-half-hour flight.

When the transport plane successfully landed at the military airport outside Beijing, everyone in the cabin breathed a sigh of relief, finally arriving safely at the destination.

"Old Tang, I’m heading off, keep in touch when you’re free."

After disembarking, Ling Chen slung his backpack over his shoulder, waved to Tang Yuan, and then started walking towards the airport exit.

At that moment, Tang Yuan received a call from the General, and upon hearing the instructions, his expression turned peculiar.

"General, this... this doesn’t seem very appropriate?" He hesitated.

As soon as he spoke, the voice on the other end of the phone rose by eight degrees, making him unconsciously pull the phone away a bit.

"Yes, General, don’t worry, I assure you I’ll complete the mission." After finishing, he suppressed a chuckle and glanced at Ling Chen who was walking away.

"Ling Chen!" Hanging up, he quickly called after Ling Chen, hurrying to catch up.

"What’s up?"

Patting his shoulder with a laugh, Tang Yuan said, "It’s several kilometers from here to the city, you aren’t planning to walk that far, right? This place is a military zone, there are no taxis. Just wait a moment, I’ll arrange a car for you."

"Good brother, hurry up."

In less than ten minutes, a jeep drove up to Ling Chen, and a good-looking soldier rolled down the window, greeting him.

"Mr. Ling, get in, I’ll take you."

Ling Chen unceremoniously sat in the passenger seat, grinning, "Brother, thanks for the trouble."

Soon after the jeep left the airport, several military vehicles followed out of the airport, heading in the opposite direction.

Sitting in the jeep, Ling Chen hummed a tune, occasionally chatting with the driver to pass the time.

"Brother, how long have you been in the army?"

"Two years, I’m in logistics."

"How’s life in the army?"

"Not bad, just that..." The driver hesitated a bit.

Ling Chen burst into laughter, "Just that there are no women, all big lads. There’s nothing embarrassing about that, I went through the same back in the days. During closed training, we weren’t allowed to leave the base all year, no TV, no cell phones, no contact with the outside world. Damn, you don’t know what it’s like not seeing a woman for a year, even the female pig in the canteen seemed pretty."

Hearing this, the driver laughed, teasingly said, "Mr. Ling, is that female pig still there?"

Ling Chen chuckled wryly, "You, kid... your thoughts are too dirty."

While they were talking, the driver’s expression suddenly changed, and he quickly stepped on the brakes. As the jeep made an abrupt stop, Ling Chen’s body lurched forward, looking ahead.

Suddenly, he saw a large truck parked horizontally in the middle of the road, blocking the way.

Huh?

He slightly furrowed his brows, it was wilderness here, how could a large truck be here.

"Mr. Ling, I’ll go check it out."

Seeing the other party intending to get out of the car, Ling Chen immediately grabbed his arm, saying, "You stay in the car, I’ll go."

The appearance of a large truck in such a remote location was abnormal, he was worried there might be some issue, it was better if he checked himself.

Approaching the truck, Ling Chen climbed up to the driver’s cabin, and found it empty, even the keys were removed.

Definitely something wrong!

No one would just randomly park a car in such a place.

"Ah!"

Just then, a loud scream suddenly came from behind.

Ling Chen quickly turned to look back, and at that moment, he saw a strange man standing next to the jeep, forcefully pulling the driver out from the driver’s seat, lifting him single-handedly, then forcefully flinging him out.

Bang!

The driver landed heavily on the ground, grimacing in pain, both hands clutching his waist, unable to even stand up.

Seeing the stranger moving towards the car, Ling Chen didn’t say another word, immediately jumped down from the truck and quickly ran over. When he reached the front of the car, his legs powerfully pushed off the ground, leaping up, landing on the hood, and kicked the front window’s glass with his foot, attacking the man.

The man seeing this, slightly tilted his head to the side, tightly grabbed his ankle and forcefully pulled inward. Ling Chen immediately felt a powerful force coming, almost losing control of his body.

This guy is formidable!

He was inwardly shocked, no time to think further, his hands propped up on the roof of the car, he quickly retreated, freeing his leg from the man’s hand.

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